ag|glom|er|ate

ag|glom|er|ate
ag|glom|er|ate «verb. uh GLOM uh rayt; noun, adjective. uh GLOM uhr iht, -uh rayt», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, noun, adjective.
–v.t., v.i.
to gather together in a mass; cluster or heap together; gather; amass. SYNONYM(S): accumulate, collect.
–n.
1. a loose or rough mass or collection; a cluster: »

The United States…has always been an agglomerate of peoples who came—or whose ancestors came—from different lands to find their future (C. L. Sulzberger).

2. a rock of angular volcanic fragments fused by heat.
–adj.
1. packed together in a mass.
2. gathered into a cluster or mass, but not cohering, as some types of flowers.
╂[< Latin agglomerāre (with English -ate1) wind onto a ball < ad- to + glomus, -eris ball]

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